I am drawn to the beauty of nature’s winter landscape: dried leaves and seed pods, weeds and grasses. Aged beyond the suppleness and color of spring, their fragility and resiliency seem to me such lovely metaphors for life and for aging gracefully.
But, when I need to look up from the monochrome beauty of winter, before spring starts teasing with color, I study grocery store bouquets – with an intensity that sometimes makes store employees a little nervous – until I settle on the bouquet for a couple of happy afternoons of photography in front of a north window.
I recently saved a favorite “grocery store bouquet” photo (above) to the background on my cell phone.
Every time I turn on my phone, that shockingly pink Trio of Pinks is so unabashedly cheerful that I have to smile. So, I decided to share a happy little Pretty in Pink collection of (mostly flower) photos. Just because their color makes me smile. I hope it makes you smile, too.
Soon, very soon, we will be awash in God’s spring colors, but if flat grey is coloring your body or mind with winter today, may you see God’s smile in the sweet happiness of pink – or whichever of His colors most lights your day.
6 Responses
Thanks for sharing all the pretty pink flower pictures on this rainy day.
I’m glad you enjoyed your splash of color today, Myra!
Take care!
Always teaching us! Such a beautiful way of looking at everything! Thank you for sharing! Thank you, Deb!
Awww… thank YOU, Paulette, for your kind words. I hope you discovered your favorite color in something you might otherwise overlook, and I hope it made you smile.
Take care.
I enjoyed all of the ‘pretty in pink flowers. They do make us smile in spite of ourselves.💗
Thank you, Jan! I’m glad all that pink made you smile.
Take care.